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Fife.

Scottish National Party (SNP)-controlled scottish_council. 22 wards across 4 parliamentary constituencies.

Typescottish_council
Seats77 councillors · 22 wards
Last election5 May 2022

Net revenue · —

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Core spending power (MHCLG)

Band-D bill

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For the council slice (incl. precepts)

Composition

35/77

Scottish National Party (SNP) 45%

Westminster

constituencies overlap · 2 MP parties

Dispatch
31 May 2026

Scottish National Party (SNP) chamber, 2-party MP geography.

Fife is a scottish_council controlled by Scottish National Party (SNP) (35 of 77 seats). It covers 22 wards spanning 4 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§ 01Composition.77 seats · last contested 5 May 2022

Who sits in the chamber.

Scottish National Party (SNP) 35Lab 21LD 13Con 8

Scottish National Party (SNP) 45% · last contested 5 May 2022

Councillors — the people.

Councillor		Ward	Elected
David Graham	Lab	Buckhaven Methil Wemyss Villages	2022
John O'Brien	Ind	Buckhaven Methil Wemyss Villages	2022
Ken Caldwell	Ind	Buckhaven Methil Wemyss Villages	2022
Thomas Adams	Lab	Buckhaven Methil Wemyss Villages	2022
Julie MacDougall	Lab	Burntisland Kinghorn Western Kirkcaldy	2022
Kathleen Leslie	Con	Burntisland Kinghorn Western Kirkcaldy	2022
Lesley Backhouse	Ind	Burntisland Kinghorn Western Kirkcaldy	2022
Alex Campbell	Lab	Cowdenbeath	2022
Alie Bain	Ind	Cowdenbeath	2022
Bailey-Lee Robb	Ind	Cowdenbeath	2022
Darren Watt	Con	Cowdenbeath	2022
John Andrew Caffrey	LD	Cupar	2022

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§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.22 wards split across 4 parliamentary seats

Fife’s territory crosses 4 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.

Constituency	Wards	% of council	Current MP
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy	7	32%	Melanie Ward	Lab
North East Fife	6	27%	Wendy Chamberlain	LD
Glenrothes and Mid Fife	5	23%	Richard Baker	Lab
Dunfermline and Dollar	4	18%	Graeme Downie	Lab

Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 3 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Scottish National Party (SNP)-controlled scottish_council — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.

Sources, methods & last update

Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.

CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)

SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
Not yet ingested for Fife

Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries

PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level